Teresa is an orphan who has the misfortune of being raised by her step-mother and step-sister. They hate her guts so her step-mother does herself a favor and places Teresa with a mail order bride agency. Teresa resists until she gets correspondence with a thirty-five year old farmer who wants a wife to help him on the farm...But on the way out west, she begins falling for the man taking her to meet her new husband. Throughout the long trip, the chemistry develops between the two. Will she keep the reason for her trip a secret as their romance blooms? And will she even go through with her mail order bride obligations?